I like that they are releasing subnautical for free dec 14; but hate that they are own by the china. This almost certainly means they will be sharing customer data with Chinese govt.
I dream about open source software client standard that different digital distributors share or are compatible with. Maybe in distant future…
Yikes, I didn't have any clue about their connections with the Chinese government. Perhaps they'll explain more about that before they launch the actual service, and explain exactly what that means for all would be consumers.
China paranoia makes no sense right?
Lets try asking the non-Chinese citizens forced in re-education camps, the constant state surveillance on it's population, tech thievery, and it's military ambitions on it's neighbors.
Yep they control corporations in almost every country now.It make sense but my point was its too late for that as they are already here well and good
The China paranoia really makes no sense. It's quite understandable to believe that China is a communist state supported by "leftists"… if you've been living in a vault since about 1963.
Chinese companies are well and truly interwoven with western economies, and the US is highly dependent on them. America consumes more than it produces and spends beyond its means, and China produces too much and holds too much money. As someone once said, they're like two one-legged men tied together, trying to stay upright on a treadmill. Worrying about using a Chinese company is pretty redundant at this stage.
China paranoia makes no sense right?
Lets try asking the non-Chinese citizens forced in re-education camps, the constant state surveillance on it's population, tech thievery, and it's military ambitions on it's neighbors.
Yep, same as asking the victims of other superpowers' violations of human rights. There are at least two more.China paranoia makes no sense right?
Lets try asking the non-Chinese citizens forced in re-education camps, the constant state surveillance on it's population, tech thievery, and it's military ambitions on it's neighbors.
Feel free to bow to your Chinese overlords eventually.For international audiences, the Chinese state has denied the existence of what have come to be known as “re-education camps,” but local officials continue to build new compounds, and openly call for construction contracts online, providing details on everything from camp sizes (up to 883,000 square feet) to the types of materials (“bomb-proof surfaces”) required. A few internees have been released for one reason or another and shared their stories of camp life with reporters, describing conditions ranging from uncomfortable to literally torturous.
China paranoia makes no sense right?
Lets try asking the non-Chinese citizens forced in re-education camps, the constant state surveillance on it's population, tech thievery, and it's military ambitions on it's neighbors.
Seems they have very deep pockets.
Funny but hey how about this.
Link - https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/22/chinas-mass-internment-camps-have-no-clear-end-in-sight/Feel free to bow to your Chinese overlords eventually.
As a bonus here is the report of the various violations.
Link -https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/china-and-tibet
Not when this is entertainment goods, no thank you. Their tastes are not ours and what they expect in a game is way different than what we do expect. Not superior, not inferior, different.
The Diablo Immortal polemic was actually for a phone game intended at first for the Chinese market, it was too be full of loot boxes, paying upgrades and really high in Pay to Win because apparently that is what works well over there.
Kudos for them, but no thank you.
And again, their artistic and most importantly moral values/threshold are way different of ours.
Damn, those moral and quality values are already way different between Europe and US, as can be seen with the outrages in US with games like The Witcher 3, and its nudity and the polemic with Kingdom Come Deliverance because Bohemia XV Century population was not reflecting the diversity of the American population in the XXI Century.
China ethics will add a host of new elements to avoid in every fields even in the intrigues of the games: Don't do games set in a dystopia where population is watched and so on and so on.
That I can agree on.I'm not saying China is fine and dandy. I'm saying we should be clear about what it is and what it isn't. China today is not what a communist state looks like - it's what an authoritarian capitalist state looks like, and I don't think you'll find many lefties carrying a torch for it. I certainly wouldn't want to live in it, and I hope we don't end up living under Chinese hegemony.
I'm sticking with Steam and GOG (and Uplay and Origin as needed) for now. Once the Epic store is proven to be a long term provider with a good selection of games, I`ll consider using them.